Showing posts with label New England. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New England. Show all posts

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Visiting Oxford #2

A quick stop-off at another Oxford in Northumberland!

On our Roadtrip to Scotland and back we were driving along the A1 just south of Berwick-upon-Tweed when we spotted a sign for 'Oxford'. As I was born in Oxford I had to head there to see what this particular version was like...

Road Sign for Oxford
The road sign showing Oxford is a mere 1/2 mile away

At the 'Welcome to Oxford' sign

...there wasn't much to it. In fact on a crossroads of the B6525 there is The Oxford Farm Shop, Tea Room and Restaurant. Over the road from the shop is a field of sheep and that is all! Quite different to the other Oxford!

This is pretty much all of this 'Oxford' captured in one photo

This Oxford also contains two Brown Tourist Signs - one for 'The OXFORD Farm Shop and tearooms' and the other lets people know that they now stock Card and Scrapbook Making Essentials in the Farm Shop!

It's not the first time on our travels around the UK that we've found an A.N. Other version of a town/island/state/country! We've also been to The Isle of Wight (near Dunstable), Ireland (in Bedfordshire), Egypt (in Buckinghamshire), New England (in Essex) and Luton (in Kent).

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Sunday, March 13, 2011

Not Ireland, Egypt, England or the Isle of Wight

As well as visiting the real Isle of Wight in 2008 we stopped off at Bedfordshire's version yesterday.

On our travels and roadtrips around the UK we've also spotted other 'faux' places, these include:

New England

Egypt

Ireland

Click for details of visits to the rest of the UK, and other countries and islands.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

The Bell Pub, Wendens Ambo, Saffron Walden, Essex - No minigolf course there

Wendens Ambo in Essex
An internet search for minigolf in Essex had brought up details of The Bell Pub in Wendens Ambo, near Saffron Walden.

However, there was no course there.

The Bell Pub in Wendens Ambo, near Saffron Walden, Essex
The Bell Pub in Wendens Ambo, near Saffron Walden, Essex
There was however a Boules/Petanque Piste (which reminded us of the Boules Invitational Tournament at The Mumbles in Swansea (Abertawe) last August).

The Bell Pub in Wendens Ambo, near Saffron Walden, Essex
On the way to the Pub we did pass through New England! A very interesting place to spot, as it's not on the map!?

Related blog posts:
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - List and links for all Miniature Golf courses visited to date
Minigolf and Crazy Golf in Essex